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Catherine West vs Douglas McAllister

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Catherine West and Douglas McAllister voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 373 shared comparable votes.

365 same votes 8 different votes 373 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
37 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
37 Aye 29 No
28 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
37 Aye 29 No
28 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

74.0%
2% above average
Rank 330 of 650
Participation
88.8%
17% above average
Rank 32 of 650
1,792
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
565
636 eligible divisions
970
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
280
49.6% of votes cast
822
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
285
50.4% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
17
3.0% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

58
-37.6 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 650
Appearances
125
+29.4 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 650
69
-97.5 vs Commons average
Rank 484 of 650
Contributions
151
-15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 252 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£142,257
all imported IPSA years
£264,778
17% above average
Latest expenses
£142,257
37% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Education
86 of 96 votes
#1
Housing
33 of 33 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
#3
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
70 of 82 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
63 of 66 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API